County Lead Greater Manchester West

Overview of the role

The County Lead Volunteer is a key volunteer leadership role within Scouting with responsibility for providing outstanding leadership and support for the eight Districts within the County. 

The primary focus for the County Lead Volunteer is to ensure that Scouting is able to reach every young person in the County; open to all regardless of faith, colour or social background, because we believe Scouting has the ability to change lives. This is achieved by leading the team of eight District Lead Volunteers, and other County appointments as well as working with staff in the Growth & Communities Team to provide enough places to meet the demand for Scouting, and by ensuring that every youth member has access to a high-quality balanced programme that is challenging, relevant and rewarding.

Application process

You can apply for the role yourself using the application form, or nominate someone else using the nomination form.

Nominated people are under no commitment to apply unless they wish to. 

A search group has been put together to oversee this process and will review all applications and nominations in order to make decisions as to who to invite to attend the selection stage of this process.

At the end of the application form, we also ask applicants to please fill out our Diversity Monitoring Form. You will be automatically directed to this. 

Key dates

Closing date

Midnight Monday 25 November 2024

Assessment dates

• 1st Stage: Week beginning 2nd December – Interview of Teams
• 2nd Stage: Weekend of the 14/15th December – Presentation in person in Greater Manchester

Further information

For more information, or for an informal chat about this vacancy, please contact:

• Brendan Booth, Regional Lead Volunteer for the North West Region. Email: Brendan.Booth@scouts.org.uk
• Dean Carroll, Growth & Communities Manager - North. Email: Dean.Carroll@Scouts.org.uk